John Battsek

John Battsek is a very famous producer for documentary films. He has produced some of the best documentaries ever. He originally hails from the United Kingdom. John is British by birth. He is the head of the film department of the famous Passion Pictures Production Company. He started his production career in the year 1999, working for Passion Pictures. His first movie was One Day In September. He was nominated twice for the PGA Awards. In the year 2010, he was nominated for the film Sergio. In the year 2011, he received his second nomination for the film The Tilman Story. He also received the prestigious G. T. Award for his endless contributions to the promotion and success of documentary films.

After One Day In September, he returned as the Executive Producer of the film The Game of Their Lives in the year 2002. Then in 2003, he returned as the producer for the documentary Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of British Pop music. In 2004, John was the co-producer of the film Peace One Day. In the same year, he was also the co-producer of Lila Says. In 2005, John was the producer of two films namely Black Sun and The State of Mind. These films had great reviews from the critics and received much appreciation from the viewers. John was the producer of three films in the year 2006. His first film as a producer in 2006 was a very famous film and its name was Once In a Lifetime.

His second movie in 2006 was In The Shadow of the Moon. He was the executive producer of that film. John’s third film in 2006 was Crossing The Line. In 2007, John was the executive producer in two films. The first film was My Kid Could Paint That and the second film was In Prison My Whole Life. In 2008, John produced Sergio which earned him a PGA Award. He has produced many more films like Project Nim, Fire in Babylon, The Tilman Story which earned him his second PGA award., Better this world, The Age of Stupid, Restrepo and much more. In 2016, he was the producer of the film We are X. in 2017, his latest works include Five Came Back. John was the producer of the film Listen to me Marlon in the year 2015. In 2014, John failed to release any movie. In 2013, John was the producer of the film How I Live Now.